Magic and Divination in Early Islam
«'Overall, this volume represents a significant source material for students of Islamic occult sciences and will doubtless provide a veritable research book for comparativists.' Journal of Islamic Studies ’There is, as far as I know, no general survey of Islamic occultism in print. In the meantime, the fifty-two page introduction specially written for this book by Savage-Smith will do very well, particularly as there is a fairly comprehensive bibliography, as well as copious referencing in the footnotes.... Magic and Divination in Early Islam is the most valuable and useful survey of Islamic occultism yet to have been printed.’ Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft»
Magic and divination in early Islam encompassed a wide range of practices. The studies here are concerned with the pre-Islamic antecedents of such practices and with the theory of magic in healing, the nature and use of amulets and the arts of astrometeorology and geomancy, amongst other things. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 446
- ISBN
- 9780860787150
- Utgivelsesår
- 2004
- Format
- 25 x 17 cm
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«'Overall, this volume represents a significant source material for students of Islamic occult sciences and will doubtless provide a veritable research book for comparativists.' Journal of Islamic Studies ’There is, as far as I know, no general survey of Islamic occultism in print. In the meantime, the fifty-two page introduction specially written for this book by Savage-Smith will do very well, particularly as there is a fairly comprehensive bibliography, as well as copious referencing in the footnotes.... Magic and Divination in Early Islam is the most valuable and useful survey of Islamic occultism yet to have been printed.’ Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft»